The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-11

J, Grim, Of st. Augustine, who attempted
suicide some time ago, has been placed in
the insane asylum, and his five children
were taker charge of by his family.
The commissioners of Orange county re-
fused, by vote of to ., to appropriate
81 900 for the benefit of the South Florida
Exposition, to be held at Sanford in Feb
ruary.
The night mail via the Florida Southern
road has been discontinued. The train is
irregular in its arrival, never on time, and
the mail it brings is inconsequential in char
acter and quantity.
At Lane Park Mr.. Bowen, from England,
has bought the house, grove and forty acres
of land Of j. Hay Taylor, and has already
contracted for extensive improvements to
be made on house and grounds
Tho cost of the system of sewerage for
Pensacola, as planned by George +. Waring,
Jr., of the firm of Warning, Chapman q
Farquhar, sanitary engineers, which com
prehends the whole city, is estimated to be
$5,57S TO-
A chapter of Royal Arch Masons was or
ganized i'll Ocala Monday night. Marcus
Endel, of Gainesville, A. NJ. f. D. G. High
Priest, was master of ceremonies, in the alb
sence of Angus Patterson, of Madison. The
members are eleven charter, petitioners six.
In Incorporating under the name of the
Atlantic and Western the gentlemen who
purchased the Blue Spring road have nearly
duplicated the name Of a railroad in Georgia
the Western and Atlantic. Although
widely removed, there is opportunity for
this similarity to create confusion.
The surveyors have nearly finished their
work at Nassau City, and the streets are
being cut out and much preparation made
for placing the lots on the market. Very
possibly the near future may see Nassau
sound and inlet looming up into prominence
as port of entry, as there is plenty Of
water on Nassau bar.
Travelling Agent Raymond, of the NAL
lory line jumped from window of the
Egmont Hotel at Fernandina Wednesday
evening, while fleeing from the hands of
young lady during game Of bluff, and
misapprehending that he was fifteen feet
from the ground, fell that distance, seri
ously injuring his knee.
On Sunday evening, at st. Lucie, Frank
Feasily was shot by fellow by the name
of Lord Feasily was deputy sheriff, and
was about to arrest Lord, who shot him in
the breast, killing him instantly. Lord
took to the scrub. Much excitement pre-
walls, and all the people in that vicinity
have been out hunting him.
Titusville Star: 1t is feared that the
steamer Clara will be compelled to give up
filling in at the west end of the Haulover
canal She stuck on the bar Tuesday for
some time, and as the channel is filling up
more every week, it is only a matter of a
short while before boats of any draft will
find it difficult to pass through The Coast
Canal Company seem to have forgotten that
the canal needs any attention at all.
Thursday Matte Sanchez, of st. Angus
(ne, and companion, both lads Of about
out in the country hunting By some
means the pistol In the hands of Matte was
discharged, the ball striking his friend in
the head and inficting a scalp wound.
Young Sanchez seeing his friend bleeding,
concluded he had killed him and quickly
rode to town to obtain medical assistance.
His father went back with him and found
the little fellow all right except for the
wound, which was not serious.
Capt. Sanchez, of the fruit schooner
Christian Berg, appeared before Justice w.
A. MacWilllams. at st. Augustine, Wednes-
day and swore out a warrant for the arrest
of Milton j. Christopher, colored man,
charged with breaking into the ice house
and stealing s. 100 worth of jewelry, curios-
tiles, etc, belonging to Sanchez. The war
rant was placed in the hands of Sheriff Her
nandeZ, who went to Jacksonville Thurs
day and returned with Christopher. He
claimes that he was in copartnership and
had sailed with Sanchez, and was entitled
to the custody of the goods, hence his TAX
ing them and departing to Jacksonville.
The case will be tried to-day.
As the health authorities do not think the
work of fumIgating the Tampa mails any
longer necessary it will, in all probability,
be discontinued soon, and the mails will
be sent directly through as they were be-
fore the epidemic Division Superlnqend-
ent Turner, of Atlanta, telegraphed Post
master Clark that DIR. Wall says the fumi-
cation of the mails is no longer necessary,
and asks him to have the health officer GER
tify that this is the case. send a certificate
to him, and fumigation will be discontinued.
Postmaster Clark, after consultation, ac-
cordingly telegraphed Mr.. Turner that a
Majority of the members of the Board of
Health at jacksonville, with Drs. Wall,
Caldwell and Wylly, say funigation is no
longer necessary, and that certificate will
be sent to that effect if required.
At Gainesville Friday the Young Mems
Christian Association Convention organized
by electing F. A. Courts, of Orlando, Presi-
dent; G. M. Caldwell, of st. Augustine,
Secretary; l. E. Webster, of Gainesville
Treasurer. The chairman appointed bust
ness committee as follows: j. w. Anderson,
/. E. Webster and j. c. Richards; on reso-
lutions, T. A. Harding, w. d. FINLEY and
Il. "A. l4dDudnl, on oUuue organization, -. ".
Mitchell, p Hardy and W. H. Dellilly.
The delegates present were enrolled, and
all the members of the Gainesville aSsocia-
ton were admitted as members. Various
questions were discussed, and reports from
the different associations were made by the
delegates. In the afternoon l.. A. Harding
conducted a Bible reading, and various
questions relative to the Young Mems Chris
tan Association were discussed. Rev. f.
b. Durham, of the Episcopal church, deliv-
cred an address on the Bible as text book
for young men. In the evening the time
was S ent in discussing the subject by w.
b. Owen and others.
Whitesville, fifteen miles south of Ocala,
on the Florida, Railway and Navigation,
was the scene few days ago of what might
have been a fearful tragedy Mr. Culver
house and p. Ii. Nugent had done some
budding for Samuel r. Frink, the owner
of an extensive nursery The latter re-
fected on Culverhouses work. He resented
the criticisms, when Frink asked: "Do you
mean to say lieln and took out his pistol
to emphasize his question. Here ended this
scene, and both parties went home Then
Frink wrote note saying that Culverhouse
had thrown all the blame of imperfect bud
ding on him. The contents of this note so
riled the impulsive young Louisiauian that
he saddled his horse and, with his double
barrel shotgun, went in search of Culver
house, his partner in the work to demand
the truth or falsity of the accusation CON